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NOA building

Coordinates:35°39′34″N139°44′33″E/ 35.659333°N 139.742583°E/35.659333; 139.742583
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Noa building in Tokyo.

TheNOA buildingis a landmark 15-storey building located inTokyo’sAzabudistrict inMinato.Designed by Japanese architectSeiichi Shirai,it was built in 1974.[1]Facing Sakurada Street and Gaien-Higashi Street, the building is notable for its extensive use of brick stones and large entrance. It consists of a red-brick base of about 8 meters height and a copper sulfate shaped as an elliptical cylinder upper part with almost no windows (with only a full-length one on the 8th or 9th floor),[2]and hosts theEmbassyofFiji.[3]It has a height of 61.75 meters, with 15 floors above and 2 below ground.[4]

The design of the building was entrusted to Seiichi Shirai by founder Yoshitsuru Nagao, whose real estate corporation was founded in 1969. The building was completed in 1974.[5]

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  1. ^Kohte, Susanne; Adam, Hubertus; Hubert, Daniel (20 March 2017).Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan(Susanne Kohte, Hubertus Adam, Daniel Hubert ed.).ISBN9783035607154.
  2. ^"NOA building".mimoa.eu.Retrieved15 January2019.
  3. ^Embassy of the Republic of Fiji - Japan, Russia, Philippines
  4. ^"NOA Building".Emporis.Archived from the original on January 20, 2021.Retrieved24 July2021.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^"History|NOA BUILDING CORPORATION".noa-building.co.jp.Retrieved24 July2021.
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35°39′34″N139°44′33″E/ 35.659333°N 139.742583°E/35.659333; 139.742583